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Every day at noon, we'll roll out another Cup clincher to stave off your hockey hunger. Watch your heroes of yesterday win it all ... again.

Fans can tune in at 12 p.m. ET every weekday for a different game -- and different champion. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com (U.S.).

Although the New Jersey Devils were attempting to defend their Stanley Cup championship as they faced off against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final, there was a more intriguing storyline to be followed on that night of June 9 in Denver. Colorado's future Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque was seeking his first Stanley Cup championship in his 23rd and final season in the NHL.

Ducks' top trio triumphs again to lead Anaheim to Game 4 win

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

The Game 4 matchup between the Anaheim Ducks and Nashville Predators appeared to be very similar, yet opposite to what happened in Nashville's 4-3 victory in Game 3. Whereas the Preds had a pair of tallies notched 38 seconds apart in the first period of Game 3, it would be the Ducks who would jump to a 2-0 first-period lead with goals by Cam Fowler and Saku Koivu separated by just 33 seconds. And, to continue the similar-yet-opposite theme from Game 3, it was Nashville that scored the next two to tie the game up.

Fisher plays hero again as Preds defeat Ducks in Game 3

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

As the Predators-Ducks series shifted back to Nashville tied at one, both teams were looking to build off of what happened in Anaheim in Games 1 and 2. The Preds wanted to take advantage of winning a game on the road, while the Ducks aimed to salvage their Game 1 loss at Honda Center and avoid surrendering their home-ice advantage to the Preds. But now that Nashville was back in the comfortable confines of Bridgestone Arena, it certainly fed off of the support of their raucous hometown crowd.

Ducks' top line explodes for nine points in 5-3 Anaheim win

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

There weren't many clubs during the 2010-11 regular season that could consistently silence Anaheim's top line of Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, and so the Nashville Predators certainly had their work cut out for them in Game 2. While the Nashville blueliners held that dynamic scoring unit to just one assist in a 4-1 victory at Honda Center in Game 1, the second game of the series would be a whole different story.

Fisher scores twice to lead Preds to series-opening victory

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

The Nashville Predators and Anaheim Ducks had opened the 2010-11 regular season against each other, so it was only fitting that they would also start up the NHL's "second season" going head to head. The Preds had made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in six of their last seven seasons, but still had not managed to escape the first round in their 12-year history as an NHL franchise. Meanwhile, the Ducks were coming off a scorching month in which their offensive leader Corey Perry notched 30 points in his last 16 games and reached the 50-goal plateau to earn his first Maurice Richard Trophy.

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

After leaving San Jose with a Game 5 win, the Los Angeles Kings were hoping to make a quick return for a potential Game 7. In order for that to happen, L.A. needed its first home win of the series in Game 6. The Sharks, who still maintained a 3-2 series lead, had won both prior games in Southern California, scoring six goals in each one.

San Jose continued its solid play on the road in Game 6, never trailing in the matchup. But each time the Sharks took a lead, the Kings responded, erasing 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 deficits. On the third occasion, Trevor Lewis notched a power-play goal with 8:21 remaining in regulation to knot the game at 3-3. Just under five minutes later, L.A. had a tremendous opportunity to take the lead when Jamie McGinn was handed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for charging. However, Antti Niemi proved to be the Sharks’ best penalty killer, making a couple of clutch stops on Ryan Smyth and Dustin Brown to send the game into overtime.

Every weekday, NHL Network will roll out another Cup clincher to stave off your hockey hunger.

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Every day at noon, we'll roll out another Cup clincher to stave off your hockey hunger. Watch your heroes of yesterday win it all ... again.

Fans can tune in at 12 p.m. ET every weekday for a different game -- and different champion. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com (U.S.).

In their first season in Colorado after 23 seasons in Quebec, the Avalanche made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final against a Florida Panthers team that had entered the National Hockey League less than three years earlier. The upstart Panthers had defeated two overwhelming favorites, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, on their way to the Final before facing a talent-laden Colorado team.
But the Avs -- who added goaltender Patrick Roy in December -- proved to be too much for the underdog Panthers.

The Avalanche stormed out to a convincing 2-0 series lead, winning the two games by a combined score of 11-2. A tightly-fought 3-2 win in Game 3 had Colorado poised to sweep as both teams returned to Miami Arena for Game 4. It was in that game that Roy and Florida's John Vanbiesbrouk went save for save before Uwe Krupp's point shot in triple overtime slipped past Vanbiebrouk and gave Colorado a 1-0 win and their first-ever Stanley Cup. The series saw captain Joe Sakic win the Conn Smythe Trophy and former Montreal teammates Roy and Claude Lemieux both win their third Stanley Cup.

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

After scoring six goals in each of their two wins in L.A., the San Jose Sharks returned to Northern California with a 3-1 series lead and a chance to close out Los Angeles on home ice. But the extraordinary goaltending of Jonathan Quick -- and three quick goals -- kept the Kings' season alive.

Not even nine minutes into the game, the Kings owned a 3-0 advantage despite taking just four shots. Wayne Simmonds opened the scoring at 3:36 by deflecting Rob Scuderi’s point shot past Antti Niemi. Kyle Clifford made it 2-0 with his third goal of the series and Dustin Penner tallied 88 seconds later, sending Niemi to the bench in favor of Antero Niittymaki for the second time in three games.

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

After a devastating loss in Game 3, the Los Angeles Kings needed to bounce back on home ice in Game 4 or risk letting the series get away. The San Jose Sharks hoped to ride the wave of momentum created by overcoming a 4-0 deficit two nights earlier and take a 3-1 series lead back home for Game 5.

Antti Niemi and Jonathan Quick were perfect in the first 20 minutes, as the opening period ended scoreless for the first time in the series. But in the second, the Sharks scored in a flurry, posting three goals -- two by Ryane Clowe -- in a span of 5 1/2 minutes. L.A. responded quickly, and after goals by Brad Richardson and Justin Williams made the score 3-2 late in the second, it seemed as if the Kings would be staging an epic comeback of their own.

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All summer long, NHL Network will be replaying the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs -- from every jaw-dropping goal to every highlight-reel save to every crushing defeat.

Each game of the postseason -- spanning the more than two-month period from the opening round to Boston's Game 7 clincher of the Stanley Cup Final -- will be shown on the Network throughout the offseason.

Fans can tune in at 8 p.m. ET nightly for a different game -- and different chance to re-live history. A complete program schedule can be found on NHLNetwork.com.

In the years to come, Game 3 of this first-round series between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings might be the best-remembered game from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In the early stages, the Kings brought the momentum gained from a dominant Game 2 win back to L.A. with them. Willie Mitchell opened the scoring just 2:26 into the contest, and Kyle Clifford tallied 13 seconds later to give L.A. an early 2-0 advantage. Later in the first, Michal Handzus notched his first goal of the postseason, and the Kings looked well on their way to taking a 2-1 series lead. That outcome seemed even more probable when Brad Richardson scored just 44 seconds into the second, putting the Kings ahead 4-0 -- the same score they won by in Game 2.

From that point on, history was made. After Antero Niittymaki replaced Antti Niemi in goal, Patrick Marleau started the Sharks on the comeback trail with a nifty redirection goal. Less than four minutes later, Ryane Clowe scored on the power play, and Logan Couture followed that with a one-time goal to cut the Kings’ lead to 4-3. A goal by Ryan Smyth just 15 seconds later put the Kings back on top by two and held San Jose at bay for the moment. But in the final two minutes of the period, Clowe and Joe Pavelski scored 54 seconds apart to pull the Sharks even at 5-5 after they had faced a four-goal deficit just 19 minutes earlier.